Russian air defences down two Ukrainian Su-24 fighters

Over the past 24 hours, Russian air defence systems have shot down two Su-24 aircraft and five HIMARS missiles of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Caliber.Az reports citing the Russian Defence Ministry's message on Telegram.

The AFU planes were downed over Zhovten in the Mykolayiv region and Mykolayivka in the Dnipropetrovsk region of Ukraine.

Also during the day, 24 Ukrainian drones were shot down in the areas of Tokarevka, Kremenna, Svatovo and Lysychansk in Luhansk oblast, and in the areas of Horlivka, Alexandrovka and Staromykhailivka in Donetsk oblast.